Saturday, June 21, 2014

"Tteok-Kko- Chi"/年糕烧串/떡꼬치

For busy people, tteokbokki are also sold in skewers called “Teok kkochi”. It is sweet and spicy. “Tteok kkochi" is mostly fried rather than boiled and the sauce is slightly different as well

"Tteokbokki"(떡볶이),also known as "Topokki", is a popular Korean snack food which is commonly purchased from street vendors or snack stores. There are many kinds of Tteokbokki, today, I am going to introduce the "Tteok-Kko- chi"/年糕烧串/떡꼬치 ​”Tteokbokki“(떡볶이),也可称为“ Topokki”， 是韩国非常普遍的一种街边或小食店的小食。有各种不同种类的炒年糕，今天，我要介绍的是"Tteok-Kko- chi"/年糕烧串/떡꼬치。甜甜辣辣的。。。

The original tteokbokki was a stir-fried dish consisting of garaetteok (가래떡, cylinder-shaped tteok) combined with a variety of ingredients, such as beef, mung bean sprouts, green onions, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and onions, and seasoned with soy sauce.Following the Korean War a new type of tteokbokki became very popular. While the older version was a savory dish, this latter type was much spicier, and quickly became more popular than the older traditional dish. In addition to traditional ingredients, this tteokbokki used gochujang, a fermented, spicy paste made from chilli peppers, along with fish cakes. Other ingredients added to tteokbokki include boiled eggs, pan-fried mandu(Korean dumplings), sausages, ramyeon (which then becomes rabokki/labokki 라볶이), a variety of fried vegetables, and cheese. These days, many kinds of tteokbokki are popular such as seafood tteokbokki(해물 떡볶이) or rice tteokbokki(쌀떡볶이Due to the constant popularity of tteokbokki, many kinds of tteokbokki have been invented. Just like other types of popular food, tteokbokki went through various fusions. For example, tteokbokki with pork cutlet is a combination of traditional tteokbokki with pork cutlet sauce and meat. There's also another type called "Shanghai Topokki" which replaced traditional red pepper sauce with the famous Chinese oyster sauce. Also, one of the famous fusions of tteokbokki among Koreans is rabokki. This is a combination of tteokbokki and ramyeon(Korean version of ramen). .

(source : wikipedia)

Mix all the ingredients to make sauce, set aside.
在一碗内，调均所有的酱料备用。

Place the rice cakes on the skewers...
将年糕串好。。。

Heat up the fry pan and place the rice cakes on it..
烧热锅，放入年糕串。。

Fry both sides of the rice cakes until golden brown...
将年糕的两面全煎至金黄色。。。

2. Place about 5 pieces of rice cakes on each of the skewer. ( P/s : If you buy the frozen rice cakes,then, you have to boil the rice cakes in a hot water for about 1 minute or until it turns soft; or even though is not the frozen one, but is not soft, please boil it it a hot water too. After boiling, please drain and rinse it )

3. Heat up the fry pan, pour in the cooking oil. Place the skewers on the pan and fry them on medium heat.

4. Fry the rice cakes until they become golden brown colour ( both sides ).

5. Brush the sauce on the surface of the rice cakes by using a brush, flip the skewers and remove from the pan as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be easily burnt because of the sauce. ( Alternatively, if you think that it is troublesome to fry it again after brushing the sauce, you may just fry the rice cakes and brush the sauce without frying it again )

6. After removing from the pan, brush the sauce on the other side (this side is not required to fry again) .